Free America Walkout marks a year of resisting Trump

Fifty Years After the Coup, Argentina Still Marches for Justice

This week, March 24th, is the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Argentine coup that sunk the country into a brutal U.S.-backed military dictatorship. The regime would unleash terror across Argentina, disappearing 30,000 people in just seven years. Thousands detained. Tortured. Murdered. But people would resist, like the family members of the disappeared — the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. They have marched for five decades to demand justice and the return of their children and grandchildren, alive. In Argentina, March 24 is known as the National Day for Memory and Truth and Justice. It honors the victims of the military regime. Each year, big marches and demonstrations are held in Buenos Aires to mark the date. This year, they are expected to be particularly huge…. In honor of this 50th anniversary, we are bringing you this bonus episode of resistance from Argentina. We produced these stories in this podcast last year. Three vignettes (here [https://therealnews.com/mothers-of-argentinas-30000-disappeared-half-century-struggle-for-justice], here [https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance-the-revolutionary-basement] and here [https://therealnews.com/argentine-students-continue-to-march-against-the-crimes-and-disappearances-of-the-past]) about resistance to the evil of the military regime, the violence it unleashed, and the people standing up then and now… Still fighting for truth, justice, and memory, today. Stories of Resistance is a podcast produced by The Real News [https://therealnews.com/]. Here is the link to listen to Season 1: https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance [https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance]. We are currently developing Season 2. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. You can also follow and support Michael’s reporting, and see some pictures of these stories at www.patreon.com/mfox [http://www.patreon.com/mfox]or in the following links: * Students March to Honor the Victims of Argentina’s Dictatorship & the ‘Night of the Pencils’ — In Pictures [https://www.patreon.com/posts/139089684/] * The Crisis of Milei’s Argentina - Panamerican Dispatch Episode #5 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/114357216/] Written and produced by Michael Fox [https://www.patreon.com/mfox]. Michael is currently working on the next season of his podcast Under the Shadow, about Plan Condor and the U.S.-backed South American dictatorships of the 1960s and 70s. It’s expected to be released in 2027. You can listen to the current season about Trump’s onslaught in the region here [https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow]. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support] today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348] Sign up for our newsletter [https://therealnews.com/newsletter-pod] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/]

NEW: When The Bombs Fell on Caracas

This is a preview for Season 2 of Michael Fox's podcast Under the Shadow, about Trump's onslaught on Venezuela and in Latin America.  On January 3, 2026, the United States invaded Venezuela and kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. It was the first US invasion of a Latin American country since the 1989 invasion of Panama.  The United States fired missiles and bombs that blew out windows and hit residential apartment blocks. Helicopters. Explosions. Firebombs. They cut electricity. They destroyed a medical supplies warehouse. Testimonies say helicopters fired on innocent people. They traumatized thousands, if not millions, of Venezuelans. The aftermath for everyday Venezuelans has been completely ignored. The voices of those on the ground—the voices of the victims—have been largely silenced in the international press and then forgotten as the news cycle hurtles on and our attention shifts elsewhere—to Greenland, Minneapolis, Iran, Gaza, or whatever Trump happens to be blustering about on social media. We head to Caracas to speak to people who experienced the invasion firsthand, whether sheltered in place in their homes or running for their lives in the streets of their city. We’ll hear their stories of Trump’s “impressive” attack, their messages for the US, and how they’ve promised to resist the ongoing attack on their sovereignty. Under the Shadow [https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow] is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America. Follow Under the Shadow on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6himo5Ut5LtLx88A2ldpA5?si=d525ac7c55ff4c01] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-shadow/id1708093945] Resources * Today’s episode features filmmaker Angel Palacios. Below are some links to his documentary films: * Puente Llaguno: Claves de Una Massacre [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9jE1c0XPE] (en Español) * Llaguno Bridge: Keys to a Massacre [https://vimeo.com/40502430] (in English) * Angel’s film series InjerenCIA: The Silent Invasion [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq5QeLqAy31fJpDSLBoHYvehSKpw_vX5_](en Español) * Under the Shadow Season 1 * The Beginning: Monroe and migration | Under the Shadow, Episode 1 [https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1] * Panama. US Invasion. | Under the Shadow, Episode 13 [https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13] * The legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4  [https://therealnews.com/he-legacy-of-monroe-under-the-shadow-bonus-episode-4] * Michael Fox’s recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela:  * With the strike on a ‘drug-carrying boat,’ Trump returns to a dangerous US policy for Latin America [https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-trump-air-strike-monroe-doctrine/] * Caribbean leaders call for unified Latin American resistance to US attacks [https://truthout.org/articles/caribbean-leaders-call-for-unified-latin-american-resistance-to-us-attacks/] * Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 outlines imperial intentions for Latin America [https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-monroe-doctrine-2-0-outlines-imperial-intentions-for-latin-america/] * You can check out Michael’s recent episode of Stories of Resistance [https://therealnews.com/thousands-march-against-trump-war-venezuela] about the protests against US intervention in Venezuela. * NACLA’s Curated Guide to the US Attack on Venezuela  [https://nacla.org/a-curated-guide-to-the-us-attack-on-venezuela/] * Truthout’s ongoing reporting on War and Peace [https://truthout.org/section/war-and-peace/] and the US invasion of Venezuela * Visit TRNN [https://therealnews.com/] for all of TRNN’s coverage on this and so much more Hosted, written, produced, mixed and edited by Michael Fox [https://www.patreon.com/mfox]. Script editing by Heather Gies [https://www.heathergies.com/]. Translator and freelance journalist Coromoto Jaraba Pineda helped with reporting for this episode. You can find her on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/coromotojp/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/coritoj/]. Many thanks to Ricardo Vaz and Jessica dos Santos for their advice and their help. All of the ambient sound of the invasion in this episode was taken from cell phone videos filmed and posted on social media or shared over WhatsApp on January 3, during the pre-dawn US invasion. This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network [https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow] and NACLA [https://nacla.org/under-shadow]. Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, Monte Perdido [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa]. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/1THq4wHHqkY8yydUMJRmWj], Deezer [https://www.deezer.com/pt/album/587476202], Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/za/album/ofrenda/1746696244], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lCcdFJEQczm-VSiraOuUpGcbzLxnRXs] or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox [http://patreon.com/mfox]. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support] today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348] Sign up for our newsletter [https://therealnews.com/newsletter-pod] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/]

Free America Walkout marks a year of resisting Trump

Today, people are protesting across the United States. They’re rallying. They’re walking off their jobs to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of president Donald Trump.  It’s part of a nationwide protest called the “Free America Walkout [https://www.freeameri.ca/].” It’s organized by the Women’s March [https://www.womensmarch.com/], the group that led the huge women’s marches against Trump in his first term. More than 400 events, rallies, and actions [https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend] are happening throughout the United States. People are braving the cold weather, walking out of jobs and schools and standing up.  Today also marks the one-year anniversary of Stories of Resistance. This is the last episode of Season 1 of Stories of Resistance. Stay tuned for season 2 later this year. Please check out our new season of Under the Shadow. It’s all about Trump’s onslaught in Latin America. You can listen and subscribe here: https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow  BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Signal Awards for best history podcast! It’s a huge honor. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported.  Sign up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348], Spreaker [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893], or wherever you listen. And please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. A little help goes a long way. The Real News’s legendary host Marc Steiner has also won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852]. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account [http://patreon.com/mfox]: patreon.com/mfox [http://patreon.com/mfox]. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox [https://www.patreon.com/mfox]. Resources * Real News Stories: * Resisting ICE [https://therealnews.com/resisting-ice-immigration-stories-of-resistance] * ‘We are facing a tsunami of hate’: Amid ICE crackdown, unions and community groups call for Minnesota shutdown in 10 days [https://therealnews.com/we-are-facing-a-tsunami-of-hate-amid-ice-crackdown-unions-and-community-groups-call-for-minnesota-shutdown-in-10-days] * ‘No fascist USA!’: Baltimore marches against ICE [https://therealnews.com/baltimore-marches-against-ice] * De-ICEing the Big Easy (Documentary Report) [https://therealnews.com/ice-new-orleans-catahoula-crunch] * ICEd out of America [https://therealnews.com/iced-out-of-america] * ICE: Manifestantes y agentes se enfrentan en PROTESTA en MINNEAPOLIS | EL PAÍS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLioh6NSxs] * Persisten las protestas en Minneapolis tras la muerte de una mujer por un agente de ICE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQcMfFtjPDc] * MINNESOTA: Aumentan PATRULLAS COMUNITARIAS ante violencia del ICE | EL PAÍS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtEOX41HSeo] * US citizen says ICE removed him from his home in his underwear without a warrant [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlhwZuxDl-E] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support] today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348] Sign up for our newsletter [https://therealnews.com/newsletter-pod] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/]

‘Yankee Go Home’: How Venezuela’s greatest protest singer denounced US intervention

They called Ali Primera “The People’s Singer.” The Venezuelan ambassador of the Nueva Cancion, protest song, movement, which spilled across Latin America in the 1960s and ’70s, and included others like Mercedes Sosa and Victor Jara. Ali Primera sang in solidarity. He sang for rights and for justice. He sang in defense of the people, the humble and the working class. He sang in solidarity with El Salvador in the 1980s, and Nicaragua. He sang for revolution and for peace. He sang to demand an end to US imperialism. An end to US intervention and aggression throughout Latin America. Please check out our new season of Under the Shadow. It’s all about Trump’s onslaught in Latin America. You can listen and subscribe here: https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow [https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow] BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Signal Awards for best history podcast! It’s a huge honor. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported.  Sign up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348], Spreaker [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893], or wherever you listen. And please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. A little help goes a long way. The Real News’s legendary host Marc Steiner has also won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852]. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account [http://patreon.com/mfox]: patreon.com/mfox [http://patreon.com/mfox]. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox [https://www.patreon.com/mfox]. Resources: * Nicaragua - 1983 - concierto por la paz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvI9JDNtf-w&list=RDNvI9JDNtf-w&start_radio=1] * Alí Primera. Abran la Puerta. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04wVT0vnnI8&list=RD04wVT0vnnI8&start_radio=1] * Los Guaraguaos "No Basta Rezar", LIVE, 1974 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vjB_UMkYfM&list=RD6vjB_UMkYfM&start_radio=1] * ali primera - Canción Bolivariana [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5O72Zy-OkI&list=RDh5O72Zy-OkI&start_radio=1]  * Alí Primera. Himno Nacional de Venezuela. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WS2Qdf4rJk&list=RD0WS2Qdf4rJk&start_radio=1] * Ali Primera - Entrevista [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WD8DoiYUI] * Documental "Savia y Fruto" (Alí Primera, Entrevista Completa) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_3nsmqVOWQ] * Chávez sobre alí primera [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxo8ULanmFo] * Ali Primera Abrebrecha y Yankee go home en vivo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysRCYcxlSOM&list=RDysRCYcxlSOM&start_radio=1] * Alí Primera - Canción Bolivariana (Venezuela) (English Subs) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stUtRNAjyuo] La Canción Bolivariana, presentada en dos tiempos, dos interpretaciones en vivo de esta obra que el camarada Alí grabó en nuestros corazones y sobre todo en nuestras mentes como un ideograma perpetuo de la lucha bolivariana, que es nuestra lucha pasada, presente y futura. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support] today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348] Sign up for our newsletter [https://therealnews.com/newsletter-pod] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/]

The 1994 Zapatista Uprising: Resisting NAFTA and Corporate Capitalism

On January 1, 1994, Indigenous peoples from Chiapas, Mexico, rose up. They took control of city halls in towns across the state. They took the state capital San Cristobal de las Casas. And they held them for days, despite a violent response from Mexico’s military. This was not just any movement confined to the mountainous jungles of Mexico. It was an Indigenous uprising against injustice. An uprising against neoliberalism. An uprising against globalization and free trade agreements, and it would have deep reverberations. Inspiring people, not just in Mexico, but around the world. ***BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Signal Awards for best history podcast! It’s a huge honor. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported.  Sign up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348], Spreaker [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893], or wherever you listen. And please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. A little help goes a long way. The Real News’s legendary host Marc Steiner has also won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852]. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account [http://patreon.com/mfox]: patreon.com/mfox [http://patreon.com/mfox]. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox [https://www.patreon.com/mfox]. Resources: * First Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle [https://schoolsforchiapas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1st-Declaration-of-the-Lacandona-Jungle.pdf] * Zapatista: a Big Noise Film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqIowBEL60] * Mexico: Ezln Leader Subcomandante Marcos Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMl00VrPExc] * Chiapas and the Zapatistas - Mexico's Brutal Land Dispute [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxxjWhFZ_E] * Documental: El Fuego y la Palabra (EZLN, México) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysne5iPFfJQ] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support] today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348] Sign up for our newsletter [https://therealnews.com/newsletter-pod] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/]